The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-11-05
APublle outrage.
AvoS STATION, Miss, Oct. so, 1851.
EprroR GREESvILLE TINES:

EDITOR GEEENvILLE TINES:
Dear sir-Ever since the FAN trade
has opened the train on the Lake Wash
ington branch of the L. \. o. 4 /. rail-
road has been from one TO six hours
behind time, and | have been asked
several times by different neighbors to
try and find out if there was noWay In
which the citizens along this branch Of
the road could not force the owners of
the road to run their train on schedule
time. But felt hesitaney in taking /
the lead in move of his kind and, 4
although | promised each Of them /
would write you about the irregularity /
of the trains and ask you to take notice I
of same in your paper, | put i on [
hoping some one else would take a |
stand in the matter and we could drop |
in and support them in their protest
against the present way in which all OF |
the citizens along this branch ofthe road
are being treated. But treatment which
| received on Friday night added the
feather that broke the camefs back, and
am determined that if my feeble effort
can possibly put a stop to this unpre-
cedented treatment of the public by a
railroad will do all in my power TO
do so.
Friday morning Mr.. J. f. McGehee
and myself concluded to send our FAM
lilies down to Lake Washington TO visit
relatives, so that evening we all got
ready and drove over to Avon station
to catch the train. We got there at $3.50
the schedule time for the train, but
nothing had been heard of it. | went
over to Mr.. Rosenstock's store, who is
the agent at Avon, and asked him for
the key to his office which he willingly
gave and sent his porter over to light Il
lamp. but there was no stove in the
office and our families had to sit there
, in the cold until seven o'clock when
the train came booming up. Instead
Of pulling up to the depot and giving
the passengers for Avon chance to
oct off and those waiting for the train
, a chance to get on, they ran in ON the
: switch and just pulled the freight cars
! up to the warehouse and unloadee
!, freight for half hour. walked bacl
!, to see If there was any way in which
! could get our families aboard, but th'
: train being long one the passenge
g coach was standing way over IN ID
= = Seav's cotton field and to get ladies AM
~ - children to them was almost an impos
~ sibility. Finally the signal was give
NJ NJ to back out and we all got ready 7
90 pet on. And when | got out on the plai
= form the engine had gotten on the mai
80 track and was starting to pull dow
er when MIR. Rosenstock stepped out
as the track with his lantern and began I
hail the train. | laughed at him an
On told him the passenger car had new
:" been within one hundred yards OF Il
90 depot and there was no danger OF the
not stopping. But before | ilnish'
90 speaking to him saw he was correc
- for she gave the signal whistle !
w leaving. We both then began to ha
oo oV hut without any effect. They paid
" attention to us, and when the train :
90 to the depot she was almost under 7
90 headway. Mr.. Milan, the conduct'
W was standing on the front of the re
car as they passed us, and could i
oo help seeing our signal, but he paid
',,s attention to us. There we were left
,nls ms a cold depot with our tickets III 9
icss @ hands. This is not the first time IL
Ses this has been done at this very dep
'aou a for my cook wanted to go to LII
AZ AZ Washington about six weeks ago Q
'i'n !, she went to Avon and bought her
III III ket and was standing in front OF
o.s depot waiting for the train to mi
' ''n., down SO she could get on, when
'.lS !. ~ train pulled out just as it did on
!. ~ u day night. This is also a mail II
sseu ,se and If / am correctly informed, has
! ,nen -. run on time, but it has not been
: ~. ~ time one single day for the last I'll
'n,s' ass months Except occasionally on Sund
'n' and then it does not carry the II
oun, We took our families down to the
,at ano ton again last night; instead OF
W, w, train coming at 1880, as the night
a"na ',,a fore, 1t got there at 1910, thus Il
oso ing us to sit in u cold depot with
~, nv comfort or fire from $50 to 1910.
@ n,,n, think the reason why the pee
nnot lnaot have quietly submitted to this treatn
,hite ,5ts SO long, is that about August last
!, nl,o oo Matt johnson, as he was pas
,nou mon through Memphis, saw Col. }. NJ.
- INV ~ wards and he promised Col. JOIN
y !, ~ y, that as soon as the business incre
,,1, aeno enough to detain the combination
49, = that he would give us a passenger u
: - ,,ot 81 and every one has been waiting, no
> ~, ~, Col. Edwards would carry out
:, sun ~ promise. | wish you would let
= = ~ ~ know the object and the duties OF
~ "a ~ State Railroad Commission, ] !
= sni 3 those who go around once or twl
with year and inspect all of the depots
!" . h'n j. w. ERWl